Re: [PATCHv5 5/8] i2c: Export i2c_match_id() for direct use by device drivers

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Tue May 10 2016 - 01:03:10 EST


On 05/04/2016 11:14 AM, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When there was no other way to match a I2C device to driver i2c_match_id()
> was exclusively used. However, now there are other types of tables which
> are commonly supplied, matching on an i2c_device_id table is used less
> frequently. Instead of _always_ calling i2c_match_id() from within the
> framework, we only need to do so from drivers which have no other way of
> matching. This patch makes i2c_match_id() available to the aforementioned
> device drivers.
>
> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
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Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America